Category: VG Review
Dante has never been an honest person. He was all style and motivation, exaggerated more as the Devil May Cry Series series continued, shifting Dante from moody anti-hero to a smarmy sideshow clown. The most genuine Dante appeared in Devil… Read More »
Chapter 1 Great Mother Okami Amaterasu… I am filled with unbridled joy at your safe return! I would have found you and done so just the same. How delightful to see that the savior whose brave sacrifice sealed away the… Read More »
A knight, a hillbilly, a scientist, a monk, an adventurer, a time traveler, and a pair of twin children walk into a talking cave… This isn’t the beginning of a bad joke, but a fine dark comedy adventure created by… Read More »
Col. Bertrand “Gunner” Dubois Col. Kavita “Hardcore” Das Maj. Carlos “Hazard” Vega These are just a few of the names that grace the memorial wall of my XCOM base. They represent the losses faced during my campaign, and in turn… Read More »
ZombiU is scary. Not exactly a groundbreaking statement, right? A survival horror game set in the zombie apocalypse is supposed to give me the heebie-jeebies. ZombiU, however, delivers a type of scare that I’ve never experienced before: a consistent edge-of-my-seat… Read More »
The trouble with HD remakes is the trouble with our memory. The most recent memory is the quickest to recall, and the strongest when forming a new perception. If you’ve ever said, “I remember [x] being better,” you have the human thought… Read More »
It’s kill or be killed in Far Cry 3‘s world. Viscous animals and psychopathic villains alike pose a threat to the player. In order to fight back, one must hone their survival skills, acclimate to the tropical island, and maybe… Read More »
Kart Racers are an endeavor in refinement, innovation and distinct individuality. No matter what the final product resembles, it will inevitably be compared to Mario Kart. Nintendo’s monolithic franchise casts a large shadow, reducing most competitors to wayward clones in… Read More »
The developer/player relationship often moves in one direction – the developer delivers a product, the player experiences it, and the two parties move on. Every so often, though, the developer asks the player to go above and beyond those boundaries… Read More »
Hitman: Absolution is like Groundhog’s Day. For those unfamiliar, Groundhog’s Day is a mid-’90s film in which the indelible Bill Murray lives one day over and over again: Groundhog’s Day. The point was for him to find purpose and humility by living the… Read More »
